eBay US to Gradually Enable eBay balance
Starting November 4, 2026, eBay will gradually enable eBay balance for eligible US individual sellers and sole proprietors, with sales proceeds retained in the platform balance by default.
What are the key facts?
- 1eBay will gradually enable eBay balance starting November 4, 2026
- 2Sales proceeds will remain in the platform balance by default
- 3The balance can be used to purchase products, shipping labels, or promoted Listings
- 4Sellers can still choose multiple automatic-payout schedules
- 5After 330 consecutive days without balance activity, funds will be automatically paid to the bank account
What happened?
eBay’s fees and payments page states that it will gradually introduce eBay balance for eligible individual sellers and sole proprietors with US-registered addresses. The feature will be gradually enabled starting November 4, 2026. Once enabled, sales proceeds will remain in eBay balance by default. Sellers can use the balance to purchase products, buy shipping labels, or promote Listings, and can also request withdrawals at any time. Sellers can still choose automatic payouts on a daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly schedule. If the balance has no income, usage, or withdrawal activity for 330 consecutive days, the platform will automatically pay the balance to the bank account. The change mainly affects US-based individual sellers and sole proprietors. Chinese cross-border business sellers and company accounts should confirm applicability through account notifications. Sellers also need to check whether funds will continue to arrive on the original settlement schedule and whether shipping-label and promotion fees will be deducted from the balance first, then plan cash flow accordingly rather than treating withdrawable sales proceeds as immediately available funds.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
eBay balance means eligible US individual sellers and sole proprietors will retain sales proceeds in the platform balance by default, and shipping-label and promoted-Listing fees may also use that balance. Do not treat the funds as immediately available without checking the account’s payout arrangement. Chinese cross-border business sellers and company accounts should review account notifications and verify automatic-payout schedules and balance activity.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, log in to each eBay account with a US-registered address, check whether an eBay balance activation notice has been received, and record the account type, applicability status, and existing settlement arrangement; use account screenshots and a verification checklist as completion records.Profit calculator
- 2For accounts that have been or may be enabled, verify the daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly automatic-payout options one by one, and confirm whether shipping labels and promoted Listings are charged against the balance; produce a funds-flow table.Breakeven calculator
- 3Create balance-monitoring records for US individual-seller and sole-proprietor accounts, marking income, usage, and withdrawal activity; also record the check for automatic payment to the bank account after 330 consecutive days without activity.Procurement List